Hi, Greg. . .
Here are a couple of Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) songs that I particularly
like. I love Wilf's pure, simple yodeling style, and I've included the
yodeling as I transcribed it from his recordings.
YODELING MY BABIES TO SLEEP
Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
peppy ² time
I [G] want a sweet wife -- with blue eyes so bright
That will [D7] stay by my fire-side at [G] night.
Not one -- with a Sheik ev-'ry night of the week
While I [D7] rock all my ba-bies to [G] sleep.
She goes -- to the show-when the bright lights are low,
She [D7] knows every cop on the [G] street.
While [G] I'm left a-lone -- with the babies at home
Just a [D7] yo-deling my ba-bies to [G] sleep.
YODEL
With a [D7] HO dee d'LEH-ee,
[G] HI a'dee d'LEH-ee
[D7] HO dee d'LEH-ee,
[G] HI a'dee d'LEH-ee
[C] HO a'deedel LEH-ee ee [G] OO d'deedle-OH
[D7] I yo-del my ba-bies to [G] sleep.
If I [G] asked her to go -- with me to a show
There's a [D7] girl-friend she prom-ised to [G] meet.
I [G] get -- me own break-fast and work all day long
While she [D7]dreams of the moon-light so [G] sweet.
Think I'll get a div-orce - trade her off for a horse.
What she's [D7] good for is more than I [G] know.
Then the [G] ba-bies and I - could go riding by
And [D7] smile at her each time we'd [G] meet.
YODEL
[G] As you all know - sweet ba-bies soon grow
To [D7] join in the world happy [G] throng.
But what tickles me is when those ba-bies, you see,
Join [D7] me in my yo-deling [G] song.
Can you picture me a ba-by on each knee
When [D7] com-pany's a-round I feel [G] queer.
My wife says I'm fine, handing her same old line
"You're [D7] dar-ling, you're grand, oh, you're [G] dear".
end with YODEL
Alice Hanks (Allen)
A.K.A., a SaddleBag
alice@mcn.net